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a trillion dollar deficit and not enough to force action. we still pay very little interest and the interest bill is shrinking. the primary deficit that we run up every year has been shrinking for two years straight and will shrink a lot if we go over the fiscal cliff. i am not in the absence of a crisis. >> looking at what boehner just did, obama will be blame for the highest increase in history. i'm not optimistic that we are going to go over the cliff. it seems that way. baner and the gop are highly unpopular and 11% approval rate. obama is very popular. 57% from cbs and 54% from abc. is boehner correct that the president will get blamed for the tax increase. they trust the way the president is dealing and don't trust the way the gop is dealing. >> that's the first time boehner and drop the mike have been used. >> that's right. >> leave it to him. >> i think the great challenge for obama is he wants consensus and they want to sign on to a tax increase and whatever deal and not run against it. they will sign on to something and run against
a trillion dollar deficit and not enough to force action. we still pay very little interest and the interest bill is shrinking. the primary deficit that we run up every year has been shrinking for two years straight and will shrink a lot if we go over the fiscal cliff. i am not in the absence of a crisis. >> looking at what boehner just did, obama will be blame for the highest increase in history. i'm not optimistic that we are going to go over the cliff. it seems that way. baner and the...
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task force, i do have some people now that are taking meaningful action on their own. joining me now, shannon watts, founder of 1 million moms for gun control. and kristen ropinger, momsrising.org. we wait for the president to reveal what this interagency task force will mean, but what are you doing specifically with your actions and what do you want to hear specifically from the president? >> well, we want to hear four specific things. we want him to reinstate the assault weapons ban, strengthen dianne feinstein, we want him to close the gun show loopholes, we want him to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons like those alleged hunting weapons used in the massacre and ammunition that people can buy to be limited. you cannot buy any amount of fertilizer, sudafed you want, but you can buy unlimited ammunition. we want common sense laws like mayor bloomberg is proposing. >> common sense. other people on the right would call that a big wish list to try to get some of that done. and moments ago, senator john d. rockefeller, he introduced legislation to impact of
task force, i do have some people now that are taking meaningful action on their own. joining me now, shannon watts, founder of 1 million moms for gun control. and kristen ropinger, momsrising.org. we wait for the president to reveal what this interagency task force will mean, but what are you doing specifically with your actions and what do you want to hear specifically from the president? >> well, we want to hear four specific things. we want him to reinstate the assault weapons ban,...
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the rebel action began friday in an effort to drive out a pro- government palestinian faction. the chief foreign correspondent for nbc news, richard engel, has escaped from kidnappers in northern syria. he and his crew said they were dragged from their car on thursday by gunman supporting the assad regime. they escaped last night when their captors became engaged in a firefight with rebel forces. engel spoke in turkey today, flanked by two of his crew. we're very happy to be out. we're very happy to be back in turkey. we love being here. we love this country. we appreciate all the help. the last five days are days that we would rather forget. if you can understand, we just came out now. we haven't even left yet. we're very tired. >> holman: engel said he and his colleagues were kept bound and blindfolded, and subjected to mock executions. it was unclear whether all of the crew members escaped. five people working with a u.n. polio vaccination campaign in pakistan were shot to death today, possibly as part of a taliban campaign. a sixth worker was killed a day earlier. we have a
the rebel action began friday in an effort to drive out a pro- government palestinian faction. the chief foreign correspondent for nbc news, richard engel, has escaped from kidnappers in northern syria. he and his crew said they were dragged from their car on thursday by gunman supporting the assad regime. they escaped last night when their captors became engaged in a firefight with rebel forces. engel spoke in turkey today, flanked by two of his crew. we're very happy to be out. we're very...
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it doesn't single out a single person for blame here and it doesn't identify any disciplinary action to be taken either. if everybody is responsible as this report seems to say when it talks about systemic failures at the state department, if everybody is responsible then nobody is responsible. secretary clinton said i take responsibility. when she made that statement she was directly referring to the lack of security leading up to the attack. well, somebody needs to take responsibility here. i agree with skie a -- i agree . she must be cop pelled to testify. days after moammar qaddafi was killed by the libyan forces within days the al qaeda flag was flying over benghazi. this could have been foreseen and somebody needs to provide answers. megyn: when you read the report -- you remember because you were on the air with us many times talking about this and the daily beast did some great reporting on it as well. the initial story that was told is nothing like what is reflected in this report. who knows whether we would have gotten this report if the press hadn't pushed for more answers
it doesn't single out a single person for blame here and it doesn't identify any disciplinary action to be taken either. if everybody is responsible as this report seems to say when it talks about systemic failures at the state department, if everybody is responsible then nobody is responsible. secretary clinton said i take responsibility. when she made that statement she was directly referring to the lack of security leading up to the attack. well, somebody needs to take responsibility here. i...
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. >> the report acknowledged the siege was unanticipated and no discipline action will be taken. >>> bain capitalhouse speaker john boehner wants a house vote on his plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff." it would raise taxes on everybody making more than a million dollars a year while cutting spending to benefit programs like medicare. democratic leaders have already rejected that idea. >> we do not have a balanced plan when the president's call for $1.3 trillion in revenue and only willing to put a $850 billion worth of cuts over 10 years. >> president obama has been firm about higher taxes for everybody making a quarter million dollars a more but now appears willing to raise that cutoff point to $400,000. >>> more troubles for toyota. the japanese automaker has been hit with a record $17 million fine for failing to report a safety defect. the issue led to sticking gas pedals and a recall. the law says a carmaker must tell the government within five days of learning of a safety defect. >>> it's 5:20 right now. holding off the hornets? golden state takes on new orleans in oakland last ni
. >> the report acknowledged the siege was unanticipated and no discipline action will be taken. >>> bain capitalhouse speaker john boehner wants a house vote on his plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff." it would raise taxes on everybody making more than a million dollars a year while cutting spending to benefit programs like medicare. democratic leaders have already rejected that idea. >> we do not have a balanced plan when the president's call for $1.3 trillion in...
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> the report acknowledged that the siege was unanticipated and they found no cause for disciplinary action. >>> house speaker john boehner wants a house vote on his latest plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff." boehner's plan b would raise taxes on everyone making more than a million dollars a year while cutting spending to benefit programs like medicare. democratic leaders have already rejected that idea. president obama had been firm about higher taxes for everyone making a quarter million dollars or more. but now, he appears willing to raise that cutoff point to $400,000. >>> other bay area hid every headlines, berkeley councilmembers took up the "no drone" zone issue last night. drones are unmanned aircraft used beat government to watch over u.s. ports and international borders. critics say the drones are an invasion of privacy. the matter will be revisited next year. >>> people in san jose will finally get fluoride in their drinking water. yesterday the santa clara valley water district approved a plan to fund the project aimed at improving dental health. it will take about two years to ge
> the report acknowledged that the siege was unanticipated and they found no cause for disciplinary action. >>> house speaker john boehner wants a house vote on his latest plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff." boehner's plan b would raise taxes on everyone making more than a million dollars a year while cutting spending to benefit programs like medicare. democratic leaders have already rejected that idea. president obama had been firm about higher taxes for everyone making a...
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but can he harness the raw emotion to get real action. le let's go to our white house correspondent, brianna keilar. she's got the latest. >> reporter: hi, wolf. for the first time, president obama today laid out a timeline for his administration to act. appointing vice president joe biden to lead a group of cabinet secretaries, outside organizations, as well as lawmakers to come up with solutions, and he said he wants the recommendations no later than january. the president said this time, washington won't just talk about tackling gun violence. >> this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six simmomonths a publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. this is a team that has a very specific task. to pull together real reforms, right now. >> reporter: he urged congress to vote early next year on an assault weapons ban, a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips, and close the gun show loophole, so all gun purchasers are subject to background checks. the president's task force will recommend policies
but can he harness the raw emotion to get real action. le let's go to our white house correspondent, brianna keilar. she's got the latest. >> reporter: hi, wolf. for the first time, president obama today laid out a timeline for his administration to act. appointing vice president joe biden to lead a group of cabinet secretaries, outside organizations, as well as lawmakers to come up with solutions, and he said he wants the recommendations no later than january. the president said this...